Example sentences of "she 'd just [be] " in BNC.

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1 Penelope Huntley let go of it anxiously and said no , that it was perfectly fine , she 'd just been cold outside .
2 She 'd just been visiting a widow of an old army friend of Yury 's , who had a bad attack of flu .
3 Then drew back quickly , as if she 'd just been burned .
4 ( She told me later she 'd just been in hospital .
5 She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she 'd just been to church .
6 Still it was hard when she 'd just been asked to blow up an orbiting city with almost a million inhabitants .
7 She looked small , frail , and feeble ; her face was dazed and vacant , as if she 'd just been woken up and could n't quite remember where she was .
8 ‘ Why ? ’ she demanded , finally deciding that she 'd just been insulted .
9 She remembered what she 'd just been doing .
10 She was n't sure which would have been worse — open , lustful leering , or the teasing mockery she 'd just been subjected to .
11 His eyes raked mockingly over her dishevelled nakedness , and she shuddered , still caught up in the storm he had unleashed , but horrified , too , to realise what she 'd just been doing .
12 The gleam in his eyes made her uncomfortably certain he knew perfectly well what she 'd just been thinking .
13 Well I 'm gla glad she 's getting something done about it now cos you and she 'd just been left , sh er , had n't been persuaded she 'd have just let it go on and on and on would n't
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